With love, from me to you.

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I never would have thought that I would be the one putting together our Valentine’s Day dinner, but lately I’ve learned to expect the unexpected! The hubs and I are pretty mellow people when it comes to Valentine’s Day. If you all remember, last year we spent the day at IKEA shopping and eating ice cream followed by a photoshoot. This year, we are planning on having a little picnic at a nearby park and then following it up that night with a romantic dinner for two at home.

Usually, the hubs would take the reigns of the menu, but instead I found myself picking up some great ideas from none other than Ms. Martha Stewart. Here’s some ideas I have so far:

Sparkling Pomegranate Cocktails
Sparkling Pomegranate Cocktails

It’s always fun to have a few themed cocktails. Plus, if these seem tasty enough, we can make it a signature drink at our next party (maybe housewarming?). Even though our infamous Rum Punch is pretty hard to top! ;)

Pear Raspberry Heart Pies
Pear Raspberry Heart Pies

How adorable are these as a little tasty treat? I doubt mine will come out as adorable, but I’ll try my best ;)

Healthy Chicken Parmigiana
Healthy Chicken Parmigiana

And to not completely spoil our strict diet regime, I figured I would go with the healthy Chicken Parmigiana as our main course. It may be less indulgent, but it still looks absolutely delicious!

Pair all these yummy eats with an equally scrumptious outfit like one of these and we’re talking about some grade A celebrating:

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  • Anika

    I was just looking through that issue the other day! Love Martha. <3 Those cocktails & little heart pies definitely caught my eye too. :)

    Also, all of those dresses are seriously fab!

  • Rox

    I love that first dress from Lulus, i wanted to purchase but don’t feel like dishing the cash for it, maybe once it goes on sale :)
    You should def do an update blog to see how the food came out, I would love to know, Im always getting new recipes to try out.

  • adrienne

    You guys are so cute :) I love that you make an event of things even when it’s just the two of you.

    Also, very jealz that you can picnic in February. (BTW! we’re thinking about heading to FL in March — we have a place to stay in Hollywood.)

  • http://www.melificent.com Meli

    Anika – great minds think alike ;)
    Rox – I didn’t feel like dropping the cash either (way too expenso in my opinion) so I opted for the last dress. Can’t resist orange!
    Adrienne – YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY. I can’t wait to *finally* meet you!

    • Jess

      Meli, I just looked at this Lulu’s website. Such cute stuff! Have you ordered from there before? I want to order so many cute dresses! BTW i need a photo tutorial from you and augi so i can learn how to use my christmas present!

      • http://www.melificent.com Meli

        I love Lulus! I just ordered my first dress from there earlier this week (the orange one). So far they have kept good email communication and have already shipped out my order. I’ll let you know how it goes! And we are totally game for a SLR 101 lesson ;)

  • http://flickr.com/spacyt tracy

    those dresses are fabulous!!!! When i lose some poundage I have to remember to get something from them!